McSally Responds to Barber’s Vote Against Border Security

TUCSON – Retired Air Force Colonel Martha McSally today released the following statement after Congressman Barber voted against helping to secure the border and relieve the humanitarian crisis:

“Yesterday, Congressman Barber failed Southern Arizonans by voting against a bill to help secure our border and provide badly needed resources to deal with the humanitarian crisis. Either he doesn’t understand how important this issue is or is more concerned with following his party’s wishes. When I’m in Congress, you can count on me to represent the will of Southern Arizonans and do what’s best for us, regardless of what my party’s leadership wants me to do.”

Increasing humanitarian assistance for unaccompanied minors including medical care and treatment, vaccinations, bedding, education services, and therapy for children who have experienced trauma or abuse during transit,

Increasing funding for temporary immigration judges to help relieve the backlog of cases in immigration courts,

And authority for Arizona to reallocate existing state and local grant funds for costs related to combating illegal immigration and humanitarian efforts.